Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChronicleTracing the movements of the Haley, Evetts and Puett families from Virginia through the Tennessee backwoods, the deep South, and on to Texas, this book provides both genealogy and colorful insight into the sorrows of Indian removal, and the lives of Texan ranchers and cowboys through the experiences of these families. |
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When the news of the fall of the Confederacy finally reached the border , Bill returned to Bell County , probably in company with Sam Bishop , who caught a boat from Point Isabel to Galveston , and thence made his way home , to begin ...
When the news of the fall of the Confederacy finally reached the border , Bill returned to Bell County , probably in company with Sam Bishop , who caught a boat from Point Isabel to Galveston , and thence made his way home , to begin ...
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When , twenty years later , he returned to that then peaceful spot and walked into the same hotel , and was asked what he wanted , with healthy humor replied : “ To finish my breakfast . ” But there was little for levity at the time .
When , twenty years later , he returned to that then peaceful spot and walked into the same hotel , and was asked what he wanted , with healthy humor replied : “ To finish my breakfast . ” But there was little for levity at the time .
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I then returned to Va . and in the Spring of 1777 I volunteered under Genl . Saml . Scott in a Light Horse Company and went against the Creek Indians . In Georgia we held a treaty with them at Golfen's Cow - Pen on OGheechy .
I then returned to Va . and in the Spring of 1777 I volunteered under Genl . Saml . Scott in a Light Horse Company and went against the Creek Indians . In Georgia we held a treaty with them at Golfen's Cow - Pen on OGheechy .
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THE LAND There Is Just Something About It | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Everts and Allie Puett | 21 |
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became Bell Bill bought boys brother called camp carried cattle chief Choctaws close County Court cowboy Creek dangerous David David Haley death died early east Evetts father fighting followed force frontier Grandpa grass Haley Haley's hand hard head hold hope horses Indians interest Jackson John killed known land later leaving letter living looked Major Major Haley Mama March married memory Midland miles Mississippi Moffat moved named nature never night noted once Papa passed Plains President ranch range recall record removal returned River road saddle seemed sense settled sometimes South Southern spirit spring story struggle Tennessee Texas took town Trace trail treaty turned Uncle wrote
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family Chronicle |
| Autor/in | James Evetts Haley |
| Verlag | Palo Duro Press, 1976 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 7. Nov. 2007 |
| Länge | 196 Seiten |
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